Right To Bear Arms Essay

The recent tragedy in Orlando has resonated throughout the world rapidly. Despite this, Omar Mateen, a radicalised young adult was only repeating a fatal pattern, a pattern in which the world recognises, a pattern that clearly needs to come to a stop. Although being tragic, US soil and the US’ worldly reputation has been stained once again, and to no extent does it surprise anyone.

Generally speaking, the one question that plays on everyone’s mind is ‘how?’.

It’s called an amendment. Specifically speaking, the second amendment – ‘the right to bear arms’.

Omar Mateen knew about the second amendment, Omar knew that he had a right to bear arms, and lastly Omar knew that there was nothing preventing him from doing so. Not only did Omar take

The right to own a firearm or ‘bear arms’ on US soil is clearly too accessible. All Omar had to do was walk into the general store down the road and pay an honest workers wage in order to purchase a gun. That is all it takes. A small arms survey taken suggested that 42 percent of all guns owned in the world were indeed owned by American civilians.

Where are the Laws? Where is the legislation?

On account of the horrific mass murder of Port Arthur, the Australian government conclusively and successfully banned firearms as depicted within John Howard’s ‘National Firearms Agreement’ in 1988. This undoubtedly prevented the possible deadly pattern that plagues the US from occurring on Australian soil.

Laws that reduce the accessibility of purchasing guns need to be enacted if the US want to stop the constant tragedies from occurring.

If you’re a wise person, you would understand that guns kill. With no bans against guns, the murders and shootings that seem to be omnipresent in the US will not rest. According to a statistical analysis recorded by the American Gun Violence Archive, there are approximately 10,000 people killed by guns each year on average. This absolutely staggering figure purely displays the necessity for the banning of guns in the